19980 Barrysimon
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19980 Barrysimon is an asteroid discovered on November 22, 1989 by David H. Levy and Carolyn S. Shoemaker. It is named for amateur astronomer Barry Simon. [1] Simon is the founder of the Deep South Regional StarGaze, an amateur event held in the south annually since 1983. He is also a multi-term past president of the Pontchartrain Astronomy Society of New Orleans, LA.
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- ^ JPL Small-Body Database Browser Retrieved 10/8/2006.
